Etymograph

English

slipmat

From slip + mat.

A compound of slip + mat

Middle English slippen

English slip

Late Latin matta ‘mat made of rushes’

Old English meatte

Middle English matte

English mat

Today it means

noun A circular piece of slippery material used by turntable disk jockeys instead of the traditional rubber mat, allowing a record to be manipulated while the platter continues to rotate underneath.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / slipmat